Hydra Head Records
| Hydra Head Records | |
|---|---|
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| Founded | 1993 |
| Founder | Aaron Turner |
| Distributor(s) | Redeye Distribution[1] |
| Genre | Experimental metal Sludge metal Stoner metal Doom metal Post-metal Noise Experimental rock Black metal Metalcore Mathcore Hip-hop |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Official website | hydrahead |
Hydra Head Records is an independent record label which specializes in heavy metal music, founded in New Mexico by Aaron Turner (the frontman of Isis) in 1993. It has two imprints; Hydra Head Noise Industries, which specialises in experimental and noise music, and another entitled Tortuga Records.
Hydra Head was founded in 1993 as a distribution company while Turner was still in high school.[2] In 1995, he moved to Boston to attend art school. In late 1995, he was handed a demo by local band Vent. That seven inch would be the first record released on Hydra Head.[2] The label grew to accommodate local bands such as Roswell, Corrin, Piebald and Converge, and after Turner graduated from college in 1999, it became a full-time endeavour.[3] Hydra Head recently relocated to Los Angeles, California from their former home in Boston, Massachusetts.[citation needed]
Some of the bands signed to the label include Cave In, Xasthur, Kayo Dot, Boris, and Jesu. Its discography includes Botch, Khanate, and Harkonen, who were all signed to Hydra Head prior to their respective disbandings.
On September 11, 2012, Turner announced the "imminent demise of Hydra Head Records", stating that they will take their first steps into shutdown "this December, at which point we are cutting off new releases from the label." They will continue to stay operational, maintaining their back catalogue to pay off their "rather sizeable debts."[4]
Current roster
- 27
- Agoraphobic Nosebleed
- The Austerity Program
- Big Business
- Black Face
- Boris
- Cable
- Cave In
- Cavity
- Craw
- Dälek
- Daughters
- Discordance Axis
- Drawing Voices
- Everlovely Lightningheart
- Greymachine
- Gridlink
- Harkonen
- Harvey Milk
- Helms Alee
- Heresi
- Jesu
- Kayo Dot
- Keelhaul
- Khanate
- Khlyst
- Knut
- Logh
- Lotus Eaters
- Lustmord
- Mamiffer
- Merzbow
- Nihill
- The Octave Museum
- Oxbow
- Pet Genius
- Phantomsmasher
- Pyramids
- These Arms Are Snakes
- Torche
- Xasthur
- Zozobra
Tortuga
- The Gersch
- Old Man Gloom
- Scissorfight
- 5ive
- Tusk
Past artists
- Age of Reason
- Barbaro
- Botch
- Boxer Rebellion
- Buzzov*en
- Cattlepress
- Coalesce
- Converge
- Corrin
- Cult of Luna
- Drowningman
- Isis
- Jesuit
- Kid Kilowatt
- Mare
- Miltown
- Neurosis
- Pelican
- Piebald
- Roswell
- Seven Day Curse
- Six Going on Seven
- SOHNS
- Soilent Green
- Sunn O)))
- The Hollomen
- The Never Never
- Today Is the Day
- Unionsuit
- Vent
See also
References
- ^ "Hydra Head Records is welcomed to the Redeye Distribution family". Redeye Distribution. 15 April 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
- ^ a b Hill, Mike (26 April 2011). "Isis and Hydra Head's Aaron Turner on DIY Beginnings – Exclusive Interview". Noise Creep. AOL. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
- ^ "Punknews.org | About Hydra Head Records". Punknews.org. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
- ^ "The Imminent Demise of Hydra Head Records". Retrieved 11 September 2012.
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